26. Report of the Committee, 23 February 1759, Bristol Record Office, (hereafter BRO) AC/JS (Jarrit Smith Papers) 96 (3)b.

27. Common Council Proceedings, 28 October 1758 and 14 February 1760, BRO.

28. Letter from Mayor Ames and eight councilmen to Smith, 26 February 1760, BRO, AC/JS 96 (8); leaflet of 28 February 1760, AD/JS (11) 6, Miller to Mayor Ames, 1 March 1760, AC/JS 96 (9).